Fire investigators in Manitoba say a house fire in Stony Mountain has claimed the life of an 86-year-old woman.
RCMP say people who were driving by the home late Friday noticed the fire and called 911.
Firefighters found the woman, who was unresponsive, and she was later pronounced dead in hospital.
Police say the cause of the fire doesn't appear suspicious at this point in the investigation.
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Shiite leaders across the Middle East are warning of a sectarian backlash following Saudi Arabia's execution of 47 prisoners, including a prominent Shiite cleric.
Police in Iran made several arrests this morning after protesters broke into the Saudi embassy in Tehran, setting fires and throwing papers from the roof.
Iran's Supreme Leader says Saudi Arabia will face "divine revenge.''
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A former long-serving member of the Manitoba legislature has died.
The Manitoba NDP says in a news release that Len Evans, who represented Brandon East from 1969 to 1999, was loved by many and will be greatly missed.
Evans served as a cabinet minister in the governments of former NDP premiers Ed Schreyer and Howard Pawley, and in 2010, Assiniboine Community College's new trades and technology campus in Brandon was named in his honour.
He told the college's opening ceremony that when he first ran for election in 1969, he wasn't expecting to win and informed his family that he would return to his job teaching economics at Brandon University when the campaign was over.
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Tighter rules for tanning beds take effect in Manitoba with the arrival of 2016.
People under 18 are no longer allowed to use commercial tanning equipment in the province.
Before, anyone under the age of 18 had to have parental consent.
Salons are also now required to post warning signs, provide customers with protective eye-wear and are forbidden to advertise to children.
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US President Barack Obama has signed an emergency declaration for Missouri, which is plagued by flooding.
That allows federal aid to be used to help state and local officials cope with the effects of flooding, which was triggered by 250-millimetres of rain that fell over a three-day period a week ago.
Floodwaters are blamed for at least 24 deaths in Missouri and Illinois.
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Barack Obama says he's returning to Washington today ``fired up'' and ready to start his final year as US president after a two-week vacation in his native Hawaii.
Tomorrow, Obama meets with his attorney general to talk about how he can bypass Congress and take action on gun control.
Among other steps, he wants to expand background checks for gun purchases.
